The site of a planned new urbanist

The site of a planned new urbanist town in Ada, Michigan, designed by John Anderson and Philip Bess at a 1999 charrette, has changed hands. Ada Holdings LLC, owned by Amway Corporation president Dick DeVos and family, bought the 536- acre parcel from developer DP Fox in March. Jim Reminga, a Grand Rapids developer who advises Ada Holdings, describes the purchase as a defensive move – a national tract housing developer was the other serious potential buyer. Ada Holdings is neither opposed to, nor committed to, a new urbanist approach, Reminga says.